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Furnishing Idea is the portal dedicated to the furniture and furnishing industry, designed to bring together different professionals such as architects, designers, carpenters, furniture makers and manufacturers active in the furniture market who represent the reference point in terms of innovation and quality of the product offered. On the other hand, the portal aims to provide a valid information service focused on products, projects, events and fairs and everything that revolves around the world of components, semi-finished products and accessories for the furniture industry.

 

The portal is divided into different sections where you can explore the different products according to different categories, get in touch with manufacturers, download catalogues to keep up with industry trends and watch videos of interviews with the best professionals and manufacturers.

 

In the articles section you can find all the information about the most innovative product technologies, such as furniture materials, furniture accessories and systems, furniture machinery, furniture hardware, manufactured by manufacturers with a solid experience in the field. In the companies section there is an overview of the manufacturers registered on our portal, divided by product category, where you can contact us for any request. Our portal also has a special catalogues section to allow professionals and operators in the sector to view in a practical way all the catalogues relating to the various products (furniture hardware, upholstery materials, furniture paints, etc.). In addition, to allow easy consultation of the products, our portal has reserved a product section, organized by categories, where you can find out about the technical characteristics, materials and functionality of each product. The video section, on the other hand, presents numerous video interviews given by professionals and manufacturers that report news, insights and informative content on the best technologies in the sector.

 

In addition, to keep you constantly informed you can also consult our Journal section which contains all the Furnishing Idea magazines dedicated to the furniture and furnishing industry, such as the edition dedicated to Sicam or Interzum, two of the most important trade fairs in the sector. The magazines can be consulted from the portal or easily downloadable in pdf format.

 

Thanks to the trust placed in us by many manufacturers, our portal is now recognized both nationally and internationally. In fact, there are already many internationally recognized and established companies in the sector, including the AIPEF group (Italian Flexible Expanded Polyurethanes Companies) which promotes scientific information on the use of flexible polyurethane foam in the sectors in which it is used.

GreenItaly 2021 Report: more and more Italian companies are investing in the green economy
More than 441 thousand Italian companies have invested in green economy and sustainability in the last five years in order to face the future: this is one of the data that emerges most strongly from the GreenItaly 2021 Report, now in its twelfth edition, carried out by Symbola Foundation and Unioncamere, with the collaboration of Centro Studi Tagliacarne and under the patronage of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
The research is conducted annually on the value of the Green Economy and tells how Italy is able to meet the major environmental challenges by focusing on innovation and research, developing the economic value of companies and the country.
The twelfth GreenItaly Report was presented by Ermete Realacci, President of Symbola Foundation; Andrea Prete, President of Unioncamere; Giuseppe Tripoli, Secretary General of Unioncamere, Francesco Starace, CEO and General Manager of Enel in the presence of Roberto Cingolani, Minister of Ecological Transition and Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy.

 

The Covid-19 has not stopped green investments


The GreenItaly 2021 Report shows an acceleration towards an economy on a human scale that focuses on sustainability, innovation, communities and territories. "The Covid has not stopped green investments, - said the president of Unioncamere, Andrea Prete - because more and more entrepreneurs are aware of the competitive advantages arising from the ecological transition. But more than half of the manufacturing companies still perceive this transition as a constraint rather than an opportunity".
In order to give further impetus to the ecological transition, it is necessary to intervene on several factors: the lack of skills through appropriate training courses; the spread of a more sustainable business culture; access to bank credit to facilitate the procurement of resources for environmental investments; regulations and taxation, simplifying administrative procedures as well as incentives and facilities; the creation of markets for sustainability (Green Public Procurement, etc.); and support from institutions to companies, both in technical and technological issues and in assistance in accessing resources and services.

 

Data and stories of the Italian green economy


Interesting data emerge from the GreenItaly Report: first of all, green companies are facing the crisis better. As we said at the beginning, there are more than 441,000 companies that in the five-year period 2016-2020 have decided to invest in green technologies and products and, more precisely, 31.9% of companies in industry and services have invested, despite the crisis caused by the pandemic, in green technologies and products, a value that rises to 36.3% in manufacturing.
Thanks to these investments these companies have a dynamism on foreign markets higher than the rest of the Italian production system, innovate more and produce more jobs: with specific reference to manufacturing companies (5-499 employees), in eco-investors the share of exporters is 31% in 2021, against a smaller 20% of those who have not invested. Also on the turnover front, 14% of investing companies expect an increase in turnover by 2021, against 9% of the others.
Another interesting fact concerns employment and specifically green jobs: contracts related to green jobs, with 2020 activation, represent 35.7% of new contracts in the year.
Italy is also confirmed as a leader in the circular economy with a recycling on all waste, urban and special, of 79.4%, twice the European average with an annual saving of 23 million tons of oil equivalent and 63 million tons of CO2 equivalent in emissions.
Sustainability is now present in the industrial strategies of all sectors of the Italian economy, with the circular economy advancing within the made in Italy companies. In the wood furniture supply chain, 95% of wood is already recycled to produce furniture panels, with a saving in CO2 consumption of almost 2 million tons/year.
Finally, in Italy, in 2020, 37% of electricity consumption was met by renewable sources, with a production of about 116 TWh.



The complete GreenItaly 2021 Report on www.symbola.net